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Viagra (and other drugs) getting the RFID treatment
Posted Nov 15, 2004, 1:30 PM ET by Peter Rojas
The FDA and a bunch of the big pharmaceutical companies are about
to announce a plan today to cut back on drug counterfeiting by putting
RFID tags on bottles for pills like Viagra
and OxyContin (which for pretty obvious reasons are among the most
abused, counterfeited, and stolen medications in the country). Pharmacists
would be able to wave an RFID reader and instantly see whether the
bottle has been and whether the medication is counterfeit or not.
Privacy advocates are already up in arms, since conceivably you
could have a situation where an employer could install an RFID scanner
and know which medications their employees were carrying around
without actually having to search their bags or whatever (though
if you’re that worried about people knowing that you’re
popping Viagra, you might want to either leave it at home or put
it into a non-RFID tagged bottle.
source :-http://www.engadget.com
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